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        | 38. ideological interest group |  | Definition 
 
        | Political orginization that attracts members by appealing to their political convictions or pronciples |  | 
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        | Something of value one cannot get without joining an orginization |  | 
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        | Many things valued in monetary terms |  | 
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        | A signal telling a legistator what values are at stake in a vote, and how that issue fits with his or her own political views or party agenda |  | 
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        | 42. public-interest lobby |  | Definition 
 
        | An interest group whose efforts significantly benefit nonmembers |  | 
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        | A benefit that comes from serving a cause or principle |  | 
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        | Assement of a legistator's voting record on issues important to an interest group |  | 
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        | A widley shared demand for change in some aspect of the social or political order |  | 
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        | The sense of pleasure, status, or companionship experienced in small groups |  | 
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        | CHAPTER ELEVEN VOCABULARY CARDS 38-46
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        | CHAPTER TWELVE VOCABULARY CARDS 47-57
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        | The tendancy of the national media to be suspicious of officals and eager to reveal unflattering stories about them |  | 
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        | A public official's statement to a reporter that is given on condition that the official not be named |  | 
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        | A series, or log, of discussion items on a page of the internet |  | 
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        | An FCC regulation that if a broadcaster sells time to one canidate, it must sell equal time to other canidates |  | 
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        | Media stories about events that, though public, are not reuularly covered by reporters |  | 
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        | Media stories about events that are not usually made public |  | 
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        | Words that imply a value judgement, used to persuade a reader without having made a serious arguement |  | 
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        | Media stories about events that are regularly covered by reporters |  | 
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        | Paying attention only to those news stories with which one already agrees |  | 
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        | A radio or video clip of someone speaking |  | 
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        | Information leaked to the media to test public reaction to a possible policy |  | 
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